Olney's U7s were involved in games against Rushden and Bedford at the weekend, the first game against Rushden resulting in a 10-7 defeat, the tries from Joe Brock (2), James Hitchins (3), Huw Turnerand Rhys Evans.

They then beat Bedford 5-4 with tries from Oli Shoreland, Brock, Hitchins and Albert Lindley.

A 5-5 draw with Bedford followed, the tries from Thomas Brooks (3), Harvey Johnson and Oli Betteridge, before Olney then beating Rushden 5-3 with the scores this time from Nathan Allen, Brooks, Harry Thomas, Jack Jordan and Betteridge,

The fifth game resulted in a 5-2 win over Rushden with tries from Thomas (2), Danny Trott (2) and Josh Lyon.

The temas were then split into A and B sides, the A side beating Bedford 7-0 with tries from Brooks (3), Brock (2), Jordan and Thomas with the B side losing out 3-1 to Rushden with the try from Oliver Keeling Smith.

>> Olney U9s lost 5-0 to Rushden, tries from Freddie Betteridge, Simon Boyce, Billy Irving, Sam Smith and James Vine and they then drew 1-1 with the score from man of the match Cobie Chapman.

The U9s have regularly seen over 30 players attending training and playing in matches, and the highlights of the second half of the season saw them put in a strong, unbeaten series of matches at the Saints Tournament and winning the Alliance Cup competition.

The age group have played a mix of fixtures with the development squad fullfilling a number of fixtures and producing some excellent team performances.

All the boys have now made the transition to tackling and focus is now on improving their contact skills and building up their confidence for next season where they will be playing competitive scrums and line-outs.

>> Olney U8s also faced Rushden and Bedford, Olney Lightning beating Rushden 6-3 with tries from Cerith Beynon (2), Struan Brooks, George Roberts, Freddie Humphrey and James Herman.

They then beat Bedford 7-6 with scores from Brooks, Joseph French, Roberts (2), Charlie Hicks (2) and Herman but then lost out 7-6 to Bedford with the tries from Joseph French, Hicks (2), Jack Skinner, Charlotte Smith and Herman.

>> Olney Thunder drew 3-3 with Bedford with the tries from Lottie Robinson (2) and James Thomason while then they lost 6-5 to Bedford with the scores from Robinson, Thomason, George Adams-Stockwin and Oliver Comer.

Their final match brought a 6-3 defeat against Rushden, the tries from Adams-Stockwin, Zac Southern and Alex Blackburn.

>> Olney Storm beat Bedford 10-6 with tries from Georgia Brock (2), Pat Bull, Louis Fielden (2), Zac Parkinson, Alex Demontes and Jacob De Main (3).

They then beat Bedford 5-4 with the scores from Brock, Fielden, Oli Megeary, Parkinson and Demontes while tries from Fielden (2), Demontes and Megeary (6) brought them a 9-6 win over Rushden.